Definition of correct

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Correct (v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying..

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Best :: Best (superl.) Most intimately; most thoroughly or correctly; as, what is expedient is best known to himself..
Supplement :: Supplement (v. t.) That which fills up, completes, or makes an addition to, something already organized, arranged, or set apart; specifically, a part added to, or issued as a continuation of, a book or paper, to make good its deficiencies or correct its errors..
Misrepresent :: Misrepresent (v. i.) To make an incorrect or untrue representation.
Corrective :: Corrective (n.) Limitation; restriction.
Misspell :: Misspell (v. t.) To spell incorrectly.
Sabaoth :: Sabaoth (n. pl.) Incorrectly, the Sabbath..
Guess :: Guess (v. t.) To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly; as, he who guesses the riddle shall have the ring; he has guessed my designs..
Authenticity :: Authenticity (n.) The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.
Correcting :: Correcting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Correc.
Castigation :: Castigation (n.) Emendation; correction.
Cachou :: Cachou (n.) A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath..
Corrective :: Corrective (a.) Qualifying; limiting.
Latinly :: Latinly (adv.) In the manner of the Latin language; in correct Latin.
Discipline :: Discipline (v. t.) To improve by corrective and penal methods; to chastise; to correct.
Orthometry :: Orthometry (n.) The art or practice of constructing verses correctly; the laws of correct versification.
Best :: Best (a.) Most advanced; most correct or complete; as, the best scholar; the best view of a subject..
Salt :: Salt (n.) Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken with a grain of salt..
Corrigible :: Corrigible (a.) Submissive to correction; docile.
Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A clock, or other timepiece, used as a standard of correct time. See Astronomical clock (a), under Clock..
Edit :: Edit (v. t.) To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to edit a newspaper..
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